Now, if I only had an iPad!! On my list for 2012…
John Gallagher
Values Based…Results Driven
Archive for the ‘Pocket Change’ Category
How to get back 3 billion hours of productivity in America
January 26th, 2011 by John Gallagher 4 Comments
“The standard 1040 form now comes with an instruction booklet that is 172 pages long. Each year, Americans spend 6.1 billion hours preparing their taxes. That is the equivalent of 3 million people working full time. By simplifying the code, we can free people to work on more productive pursuits — growing the economy, generating income and helping to close the deficit” – USA Today 1/26/11
If we apply Lean principles and cut out half the waste (definitely achievable), we would cut 3 billion hours of waste out of Americans’ time, giving us more time to spend with families, and be more productive on value-added activities.
How many hours do YOU spend preparing your taxes?
Embedding a YouTube video into a WordPress post
October 8th, 2010 by John Gallagher No CommentsThis was a helpful post recently when I was attempting to embed my video blog post recently.
If you don't plan your time, someone else will – Time Blocking
March 20th, 2010 by John Gallagher No Comments
Priority Management is critical. Time Blocking is a great tool taught to me by Building Champions. This article in Fast Company simply reinforces the use of that tool.
“If you don’t manage your priorities and time, everyone and everything else will!” – Coach Raymond Gleason
Pocket Change – Now THIS would be a cool journal/calendar
March 7th, 2010 by John Gallagher No CommentsIf you can’t see the embedded video , CLICK HERE
Better have good writing, though. Technology continues to change SO rapidly. Remember when it was cool to have a PALM (even before it was a Palm phone!)?
